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Monorail takes way too much time, there aren't enough stops and some of the stations are hard to find unless you know exactly where you're going IMO. I guess that's where you were going with "know the monorail system"....but figured I'd expand a tad
Rick James
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The kiosks work, or you could try your hotel concierge. The very best Cirque show ("O") will not have tickets available at the kiosks though.
Cjw_55106
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Longest we waited for the monorail was about 5 minutes.
I'm on vacation, an extra 10 minutes here and there isnt a big deal to me. That being said, it really comes down to how much money you want to spend on transportation and where you are staying. No point in taking the monorail IMO unless you are at the far north end (Stratosphere, SLS, Westgate, etc)
JB Breakfast Club
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We stayed at Cosmopolitan. Went to Marquee Monday night. Boogie Cousins and Willie Cauley Stein were hanging around out front. There were lots of very tall men inside, but it was too dark/strobe lighty to tell who was who (and I was quite inebriated).
We also stood next to Isaiah Thomas (the one from the Pistons) to eat a slice of Secret Pizza and rode an escalator with Jerry Stackhouse.
Went to one set of games, and that's a fun experience...pay $30 for the day and walk back and forth between the two courts for up to 8 games. Towns and Wiggins were sitting front row for the Wolves game.
JB Breakfast Club
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If anyone watches some of the more well known slot machine YouTubers...I joined a $5000 slot pool with SDGuy, Brent, and Diana while out there as well. We played Christmas Story for $62.50 a spin...insanity.
John Bender
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Leaving the woman behind in Virginia and headed out to LV for 2nd weekend of NFL solo (although there's a few FBGs going to cornhole that week doing the same as me).
I've been 3 or 4 times to Vegas. Always wanted to try the Luxor Pyramid rooms mainly because they look cool, so I booked The Luxor.
My god, the reviews are horrid. As a guy, flying solo, wanting to sit in a poker room (probably Uber/Taxi/Talking to Venetian) and bet on football / drink all weekend is staying at a hotel with really ####ty old rooms really matteR? I'll be sleeping 3-5 hours a night, using the room to shower and to maybe eat some room service food in.
Still plenty of time to cancel, so appreciate the advice now.
Paying $497 for three nights btw (Friday night through Monday morning). I don't have any hook ups for #### in Vegas and not near enough points on my Harrahs card to make anything worth it.
2nd best deal was at the Strat
3rd best deal was MGM Grand.
TIA
I've been 3 or 4 times to Vegas. Always wanted to try the Luxor Pyramid rooms mainly because they look cool, so I booked The Luxor.
My god, the reviews are horrid. As a guy, flying solo, wanting to sit in a poker room (probably Uber/Taxi/Talking to Venetian) and bet on football / drink all weekend is staying at a hotel with really ####ty old rooms really matteR? I'll be sleeping 3-5 hours a night, using the room to shower and to maybe eat some room service food in.
Still plenty of time to cancel, so appreciate the advice now.
Paying $497 for three nights btw (Friday night through Monday morning). I don't have any hook ups for #### in Vegas and not near enough points on my Harrahs card to make anything worth it.
2nd best deal was at the Strat
3rd best deal was MGM Grand.
TIA
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SDJohnny
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The Luxor is disgusting. Do not go there. I live in Vegas, it's a dump compared to the MGM Grand. Strat at the north end of the strip. I've never stayed there but it's at the edge of a crummy neighborhood.
I stayed in the Luxor once and the casino floor noise kept me up. It's dirty and as a Las Vegan it's embarrassing. My friend stayed there last year and we were on an upper level looking down on the internal buildings and the roofs were an filthy. I can't tell you if it's good enough for you since you're not going to stay there long, but I wouldn't suggest it to a friend.
I stayed in the Luxor once and the casino floor noise kept me up. It's dirty and as a Las Vegan it's embarrassing. My friend stayed there last year and we were on an upper level looking down on the internal buildings and the roofs were an filthy. I can't tell you if it's good enough for you since you're not going to stay there long, but I wouldn't suggest it to a friend.
John Bender
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Planet Hollywood has a good deal too. From what I recall that's RIGHT in the center of the strip walkable to the Bellagio with ease (I want to mainly play poker) right?
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kutta
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I have a coupon code for the Venetian that will get you a $150 resort credit with a 2 night stay. I can't see on my phone what the rate is for your nights, but it might be worth a look. Code is: KEVCRT
3 hour lunch
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I stayed one comped night at Luxor last year before moving on; I don't think it's as awful as people are making it sound. It's kind of cavernous and you look down on the food court above the casino so surprised noise would keep anyone up. The rooms are definitely nothing to write home about, casino was decent. Better than the stratosphere but not as nice as any of the places you mentioned. Most importantly it doesn't sound like you got a great deal or anything so I'd probably look elsewhere.
jvdesigns2002
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Umm--if you re looking for a basic place to sleep and shower---the Luxor is adequate. It's a bit isolated on the South side of the strip--nearest hotels would be the Excalibur and the Mandalay Bay. They do have a free light monorail that will take you to each of those hotels from the Luxor. You probably won't be all that impressed by any room service offered to you at the Luxor--so I can't say that I recommend that. With that being said--DO NOT CANCEL THE LUXOR TO STAY AT THE STRAT!! The stratosphere is isolated on the far north end of the strip-well beyond Circus Circus/SLS and the accommodations are equal to Luxor at best. The MGM grand would be my choice out of those three. Better location--better hotel--more dining options--only con would be it is a very large hotel-which means you'll probably have a very long check in line on a Friday/Saturday night. Another poster mentioned Planet Hollywood--and I agree that it is also a nice choice that would be an upgrade from the Luxor. Hope that helps.
John Bender
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Rolling with PH. I need a good balance of price/convenience given that I'm going alone. I know PH is walkable to everywhere. I'm not looking for a resort. I need somewhere to park my ### a few hours a night while I walk to the Aria or Bellagio to play poker/bet on NFL. That's it. I think PH is that sweet spot.
Appreciate the feedback guys.
And if anyone is going 2nd week of NFL, send me a note.
Appreciate the feedback guys.
And if anyone is going 2nd week of NFL, send me a note.
JB Breakfast Club
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there were 3 popular YouTube content providers there. they invited 7 people to join them in $5000 of high limit play. so, we put $1k into each of 5 machines and played them until they were either 2k or 0. the results were then split back out between the 10 players.
the whole thing was recorded and will be part of a future YouTube show.
Bobcat10
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PH is a nice choice over Luxor. Location is one of the best. Some quick places to eat in the attached mall also.
Wife and I just booked Sun 9/11 leaving Thu 9/15. I used Hotwire (confidently) and got Mandalay for $74/nt (plus resort fees). When I looked at booking on Mandalays site, it was coming out around $1100. Pretty good deal I'd say.
Wife and I just booked Sun 9/11 leaving Thu 9/15. I used Hotwire (confidently) and got Mandalay for $74/nt (plus resort fees). When I looked at booking on Mandalays site, it was coming out around $1100. Pretty good deal I'd say.
Cjw_55106
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Statorama
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moleculo
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Just got back from Vegas yesterday. 4 nights at the Mirage. It was hot as hell: 115F or so. Brutal.
Hotel was...ok. not the best, but not terrible. Had a decent view of the strip, which was nice.
Crazy how expensive things were. Beer was like $12 unless it was happy hour. All meals were really spendy too.
The pool was actually tolerable, given the heat. For EYLive> we only needed to show one room key for our party to go to the pool, no passes needed. One day, we did rent seats with umbrellas which was like $55 ea - that's a lot of money but maybe worth it as my wife found it tolerable.
The casinos were almost all smokey - I had forgotten what it's like for people to smoke indoors. Nasty. I'm not a high roller, but we lost maybe $500 playing blackjack, roulette, craps, and let it ride. I didn't care for 6:5 blackjack payout on the $10 tables.
The meals were a highlight: Heritage (? High end in Mirage owned by a Top Chef judge) - it was really good. Also a dinner on the Eiffel tower that was very good as well, but much more pricy. A couple of breakfasts that I definitely recommend, both at the Linq: Guy Fierri's place on front and a place called Hash House a Go Go. Both breakfasts were well large enough that my wife and I could share one and have well more than enough.
We did go see Zoomanity. Like 50% discount at the outside booth day of show. Our seats were like 3 rows from the stage. We really enjoyed it, well worth the price, imo.
Hotel was...ok. not the best, but not terrible. Had a decent view of the strip, which was nice.
Crazy how expensive things were. Beer was like $12 unless it was happy hour. All meals were really spendy too.
The pool was actually tolerable, given the heat. For EYLive> we only needed to show one room key for our party to go to the pool, no passes needed. One day, we did rent seats with umbrellas which was like $55 ea - that's a lot of money but maybe worth it as my wife found it tolerable.
The casinos were almost all smokey - I had forgotten what it's like for people to smoke indoors. Nasty. I'm not a high roller, but we lost maybe $500 playing blackjack, roulette, craps, and let it ride. I didn't care for 6:5 blackjack payout on the $10 tables.
The meals were a highlight: Heritage (? High end in Mirage owned by a Top Chef judge) - it was really good. Also a dinner on the Eiffel tower that was very good as well, but much more pricy. A couple of breakfasts that I definitely recommend, both at the Linq: Guy Fierri's place on front and a place called Hash House a Go Go. Both breakfasts were well large enough that my wife and I could share one and have well more than enough.
We did go see Zoomanity. Like 50% discount at the outside booth day of show. Our seats were like 3 rows from the stage. We really enjoyed it, well worth the price, imo.
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Statorama
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If the price is anywhere near Luxor, I'd pick PH everyday for the location alone.
One thing about being at the Luxor is that you have close proximity to Excalibur if you're a poker player. Lots of drunken frat boys dying to give you their money.
facook
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parasaurolophus
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facook
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After going back and forth on location, we settled on The Venetian for 11/11-11/14. Got a nice deal through Costco, including $150 room credit.
Great weekend of football on paper, including Stanford at Oregon, just about all the SEC games, and Michigan at Iowa in college and Vikings/Skins, Chiefs/Panthers, Cowboys/Steelers and the nightcap of Seahawks at Pats in the NFL. I'm so freaking excited. Wish I was leaving for it tomorrow.
Great weekend of football on paper, including Stanford at Oregon, just about all the SEC games, and Michigan at Iowa in college and Vikings/Skins, Chiefs/Panthers, Cowboys/Steelers and the nightcap of Seahawks at Pats in the NFL. I'm so freaking excited. Wish I was leaving for it tomorrow.
Bobcat10
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I did check out betterbidding, I've used that site a few times.
Just all the info I was gathering made it pretty obvious. Hotwire was saying it was 63% off or so. None of the other 4* South strip hotels come close dollar wise to what I was seeing. It had to be Mandalay. The dollars matched almost perfectly when pricing out through the resorts webpages.
Joe T
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kevzilla
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Osaurus
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kevzilla
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kutta
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The sports bar at the venetian is great. If you want to hang there all day Sunday, I'd recommend placing your bets Saturday night and asking for a couple reserved seats. I'm not sure how much you need to bet (I usually bet about $1k and that gets me a couple seats). You may not have to bet that much though.
And be sure to try Yardbird for lunch or dinner one night.
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JB Breakfast Club
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facook
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Thanks Kutta. Yeah I don't roll as high as you do, so we'll see about the reserved seats.
I don't think we're going to post up all day Sunday anyway. Probably wander around during the early games and maybe play some blackjack, then find a good place for the afternoon games and the Sunday nighter. The last couple of years we've sat in one place for 14 hours on Sunday and we always feel terrible afterwards. These old bones need some movement!
Charlie Harper
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You don't need to gamble much to get discounts with Total Rewards. If you book online through the Total Rewards website you still get a discounted rate.
I usually play between $500-$1k at the tables (slots rack up more points) on a trip once a year. This past year stayed Friday to Tuesday at Ballys for $270.
Between PH, Bally's, Paris, Harrah's, and Linq you can usually find a dirt cheap room with Total Rewards.
dhockster
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Watching games at the Palazzo at Emeril's Stadium is very cool. you have to get reservations in advance and there is a minimum for every 3 hours you are there.
facook
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dhockster
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I think it's $50 minimum for every 3 hours for NFL. I remember getting some breakfast and then some lunch items, so I made the $50 no problem.
kutta
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We have four people going there for the UFC fights in two weeks. We have a $100 minimum per person for the evening. Not too bad a deal.
parasaurolophus
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The loft at cabo wabo is a hidden gem. Tons of tv's and no minimum. I always worry it wont be open anymore since it is always dead. One time they just gave me the remote since we were the only people up there. We always verify the day before that it is still open.
Bob Sacamano
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